6.1604, Calls: Chicago Ling Society, Programming for the Humanities

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-6-1604. Mon Nov 13 1995. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  239
 
Subject: 6.1604, Calls: Chicago Ling Society, Programming for the Humanities
 
Moderators: Anthony Rodrigues Aristar: Texas A&M U. <aristar at tam2000.tamu.edu>
            Helen Dry: Eastern Michigan U. <hdry at emunix.emich.edu>
 
Associate Editor:  Ljuba Veselinova <lveselin at emunix.emich.edu>
Assistant Editors: Ron Reck <rreck at emunix.emich.edu>
                   Ann Dizdar <dizdar at tam2000.tamu.edu>
                   Annemarie Valdez <avaldez at emunix.emich.edu>
 
Software development: John H. Remmers <remmers at emunix.emich.edu>
 
Editor for this issue: lveselin at emunix.emich.edu (Ljuba Veselinova)
 
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Date:  Sat, 11 Nov 1995 13:52:26 CST
From:  cls at sapir.uchicago.edu (Chicago Linguistic Society)
Subject:  CLS 32
 
2)
Date:  Mon, 13 Nov 1995 10:24:36 CST
From:  johnsone at jupiter.dsu.edu (Eric Johnson)
Subject:  Call for Papers: Programming for the Humanities
 
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1)
Date:  Sat, 11 Nov 1995 13:52:26 CST
From:  cls at sapir.uchicago.edu (Chicago Linguistic Society)
Subject:  CLS 32
 
                     C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S
                     _____________________________
 
 
                                The
 
                      CHICAGO LINGUISTIC SOCIETY
 
                            announces its
 
                      Thirty-second Annual Meeting
 
                              to be held
 
                       April 11, 12, and 13, 1996
 
                     ______________________________
 
 
                      GENERAL SESSION, APRIL 11-12
 
            We invite original, unpublished work on any topic
                     of general linguistic interest.
 
                           INVITED SPEAKERS
                  Alice Harris, Vanderbilt University
               Masayoshi Shibatani, UCLA/Kobe University
 
                                  *
                                  *
 
                       PARASESSION, APRIL 12-13
 
                 IS LINGUISTICS AN EMPIRICAL SCIENCE?
                    THEORY AND DATA IN LINGUISTICS
 
Theory and data are inextricably intertwined in all fields of research.
What counts as evidence, and what counts as counterevidence?  We invite
original, unpublished work on the relative roles of theory and data in
linguistic argumentation, focusing on such issues as:
 
   > The validity of external evidence
   > The significance of historical evidence in synchronic grammar
   > How decisions about notation affect both theory and data
   > The importance of linguistic diversity for universal claims
   > Conflicting definitions of language
   > New implications from ancient and non-Western linguistics
   > The relation of linguistic methods to those in other disciplines
 
                          INVITED SPEAKERS
                 Hans Aarsleff, Princeton University
                Michael Krauss, University of Alaska
              William Labov, University of Pennsylvania
                James McCawley, University of Chicago
           Joseph Paul Stemberger, University of Minnesota
 
                            ABSTRACTS
 
Please submit ten copies of a one-page, 500-word, anonymous abstract
(for a 25-minute paper), along with a 3x5" card with your name,
affiliation, address, phone number, e-mail address, title of paper,
and indication of whether the paper in intended for the main session
or the parasession.  If the paper is intended for the main session,
please specify its subject matter (e.g. Phonetics/Phonology,
Syntax/Semantics, Historical Linguistics, Discourse Analysis,
Morphology, etc.)
 
The abstract should be as specific as possible, and it should clearly
indicate the data covered, outline the arguments presented, and
inclusde any broader implications of the work.  One page of data
and/or references may be appended, if necessary.  An individual may
present at most one single and one co-authored paper.  Authors whose
abstracts are accepted agree to submit for publication a camera-ready
copy of their paper by May 15, 1996.
 
Deadline for receipt of abstracts is January 31, 1996.  Send abstracts to:
 
     Chicago Linguistic Society
     1010 East 59th street
     Chicago, Illinois 60637
     (312)702-8529
 
Abstracts sent via e-mail will not be considered, but further
information may be obtained from cls at sapir.uchicago.edu.
 
"The data do not speak for themselves.  I have been in rooms with data
 and listened very carefully.  They never said a word."
 
                                               --Milford Wolpoff (1975)
 
Persons with disabilities who may require assistance, please contact
Lisa McNair at 312/288-3556 or cls at sapir.uchicago.edu.
 
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Date:  Mon, 13 Nov 1995 10:24:36 CST
From:  johnsone at jupiter.dsu.edu (Eric Johnson)
Subject:  Call for Papers: Programming for the Humanities
 
 
                         CALL FOR PAPERS
 
         Special Issue of _Computers and the Humanities_
 
                               on
 
             Computer Programming for the Humanities
 
 
                          Guest Editor
 
             Eric Johnson <JohnsonE at columbia.dsu.edu>
 
 
TOPICS:  Submissions of articles are invited that focus on any
aspect of computer programming for the humanities -- including
articles on topics such as the following:
 
     Programming methodologies and software design principles
     used to create computer programs in the humanities;
 
          In particular, description of facets of humanities
          programming which distinguish it from other kinds of
          programming;
 
     An overview (or projection of the future) of programming for
     the humanities using
 
          C and C++
          Icon
          Pascal
          Perl
          SNOBOL4 and SPITBOL
          other computer languages
 
     Descriptions of actual programming experiences (recently
     finished or in progress) which raise significant questions
     and problems.
 
     Description of a specific programming application (or a type
     of application) for the humanities -- including the visual
     arts, drama, history, and music as well as literature and
     linguistics.
 
In addition to technical papers, general discussion or opinion
papers are invited on topics that grapple with questions such as
the following:
 
     Do humanists who create computer programs do so in ways
     different from computer scientists?  Do they more (or less)
     readily grasp an overview of a computing problem and see the
     general framework of a solution?  Do they write computer
     code differently?  Do they prefer particular computer
     languages?
 
     Occasionally those with humanities educations and solid
     academic positions in the humanities assume positions
     normally held only by those with degrees in computer
     science.  How is that possible?  Do those with educations in
     computer science ever assume positions in the humanities?
 
 
LENGTH:  Articles of any length will be considered.  It is
expected that articles will range from 2,500 to 12,000 words --
except for opinion articles or overview articles which might be
shorter.
 
 
FORMAT:  Submissions should begin with the following information:
 
     Title of paper
     Name of author(s)
     Affiliation of author(s) including email address
     List of up to 10 key words
     Abstract of article
 
followed by the text of the paper with a blank line between
paragraphs.
 
All notes should be collected at the end of the paper under the
heading of "Notes."  A section titled "References" or "Works
Cited" (if needed) is the last part of the paper.
 
 
SUBMISSION:  All submissions should be via electronic media --
email and FTP are strongly encouraged.  Articles that can be
saved as ASCII files (with line breaks and lines no longer than
80 characters) should be sent via email to the guest editor, Eric
Johnson, at
 
                    JohnsonE at columbia.dsu.edu
 
The guest editor should be contacted via email at the above
address about arrangements to transmit articles containing
special characters or graphics that cannot be saved as ASCII
files.
 
 
DEADLINE:  February 1, 1996
 
Writers are encouraged to contact the guest editor to ask
questions or to express interest in contributing to the special
issue prior to emailing submissions.
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